Second half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing Alexander Pope's life, and the cultural context of his work. Whalen reads and discusses several works by Pope, including "The Heathen to His Departing Soul," "The Dying Christian to His Soul," "A Rondeau," "An Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity...," and "The Dunciad." (Continued from 84p042.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literature
First half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing Alexander Pope's life, and the cultural context of his work. Whalen reads and discusses several works by Pope, including "The Heathen to His Departing Soul," "The Dying Christian to His Soul," "A Rondeau," "An Epistle to a Doctor ofDivinity...," and "The Dunciad." (Continues on 84p043.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literatur.
A class, "Rotating Shakespeare," taught by Philip Whalen at the Naropa Institute August 8, 1980. Whalen continues discussing Pericles and Shakespeare in general. This is part 3 of 3.
A Philip Whalen class on Virginia Woolf. Whalen discusses Woolf's biography, including her death, her journals and letters, and her novels, including To the Lighthouse and The Waves. Whalen also reads and discusses excerpts from Woolf's works.
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First half of a class by Philip Whalen from August 1977. Shakespeare, John Donne, and Ben Johnson are topics of discussion. Also The Japanese and Japanese culture are presented. (Continues on 77P026)
Second half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing 17th and 18th century English literature and worldview, focusing on the works of James Boswell, Ben Jonson, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope. (Continued from 84p044.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literature
A class, "Rotating Shakespeare," taught by Philip Whalen at the Naropa Institute August 8, 1980. Whalen continues his lecture and discussion into Shakespeare's play Pericles. Whalen opens the class us for discussion. This is part 2 of 3.
A class by Philip Whalen in July, 1976. Whalen lectures on "the particular minute" thinking of Emily Dickinson. He also talks about two of his own poems, "Matchbox" and "Mind is simple, art is shapely." Part 1 of a two-part class. Part 2 is on 76P069-070.
Second half of class by Philip Whalen on Igor Stravinsky. Whalen reads his own work, including "Metaphysical insomnia jazz" and "For Brother Antonitus," and sings several untitled songs. He ends by discussing the importance of participating in music as well as studying the music of others. (Continued from 77P029)
A class, "Rotating Shakespeare," taught by Philip Whalen August 6, 1980. Whalen speaks at length about the historical circumstances of Shakespeare's play Pericles. Whalen spends the majority of the class reading from the play. This is part 1 of 3.
The second half of a class by Philip Whalen at Naropa Univesity from August 1977 about classic literature. Works such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Ben Hur are discussed. Also presented are modernizations and the missing of genuine feeling in Shakespeare productions. (Continued from 77P027)
First half of a Philip Whalen class on Igor Stravinsky. After spending the first part of the class talking about rowdy poetry readings, Whalen discusses Stravinsky's ideas about time, order, and the creative process, then looks at how they apply to writing poetry. Whalen also tells anecdotes from Stravinsky's life, and talks about the sources for his music. (Continues on 77P030)
On Rev. Zenshin Ryufu (zen-heart dragon-wind) Philip Whalen, former Abbot of Hartford Street Zen Center.
Topics: Rev. Philip Whalen, ash interment ceremony
Second half of a class by Philip Whalen during the summer of 1976 . Whalen reads and discusses the work of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Henry James and Henry David Thoreau. Whitman's preface to his book, Leaves of Grass, his essay "Democratic vistas" and sections from his book, Specimen Days, are used to assess the intersection of American political, economic, social and poetic potential and realities.(Continued from 76P069)
Philip Whalen lectures on writing and seeing. He begins by talking about his experience at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and goes on to discuss John Locke's ideas about how people convey their experience to others. He also refers to the thinking of Bishop Berkeley, Laurence Sterne, Charles Olson, and Allen Ginsberg. Whalen reads and discusses some of his writing,including his poem "Apple gravy" and part of his novel You Didn't Even Try. The lecture ends with a question and answer...
First half of a Philip Whalen class on the history of little magazines, their rebirth and proliferation beginning in the late 1940's, and their importance as a way for writers to communicate. He talks about his experience of being published in a little magazine and reads and discusses many examples of poetry, interviews, and other material from them. Magazines discussed include The Little Magazine of America, The Little Review, Bruno's Bohemia, The Poetry Book Magazine, Gregory Corso's...
Second half of a Philip Whalen class on the history of little magazines, their rebirth and proliferation beginning in the late 1940's, and their importance as a way for writers to communicate. He talks about his experience of being published in a little magazine and reads and discusses many examples of poetry, interviews, and other material from them. Magazines discussed include The Little Magazine of America, The Little Review, Bruno's Bohemia, The Poetry Book Magazine, Gregory Corso's...
First half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing Alexander Pope's life, and the cultural context of his work. Whalen reads and discusses several works by Pope, including "The Heathen to His Departing Soul," "The Dying Christian to His Soul," "A Rondeau," "An Epistle to a Doctor ofDivinity...," and "The Dunciad." (Continues on 84p043.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literatur.
Second half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing Alexander Pope's life, and the cultural context of his work. Whalen reads and discusses several works by Pope, including "The Heathen to His Departing Soul," "The Dying Christian to His Soul," "A Rondeau," "An Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity...," and "The Dunciad." (Continued from 84p042.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literature
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Philip Whalen and Allen Ginsberg read poetry at the Naropa Institute. Whalen reads "The 20th of July 1958," "Denunciation," "Hymnus ad patrum," "Something nice about myself," "Manifesto 1959," "Awake a moment," "Late afternoon," "The great beyond Denver," "Theophany," and others. Ginsberg reads "Cyanide water in Pittsburgh," "Reading the newspapers can drive you mad," "Freedom of...
A class by Philip Whalen in Allen Ginsberg's "Spontaneous Poetics" series. Whalen discusses Ben Jonson, primitive peoples and poetries, and names. (Continued on 76p062). Keyword: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, preliterate culture, oral literature, Buddhism
A class by Philip Whalen in Allen Ginsberg's "Spontaneous Poetics" series. Whalen discusses Ben Jonson, primitive peoples and poetries, and names. (Continued from 76p061). Keyword: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, preliterate culture, oral literature, Buddhism
A class by Philip Whalen in Allen Ginsberg's "Spontaneous Poetics" series. Whalen discusses Ben Jonson, primitive peoples and poetries, and names. (Continued on 76p062). Keyword: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, preliterate culture, oral literature, Buddhism
Second half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing 17th and 18th century English literature and worldview, focusing on the works of James Boswell, Ben Jonson, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope. (Continued from 84p044.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literature
First half of a class with Philip Whalen discussing 17th and 18th century English literature and worldview, focusing on the works of James Boswell, Ben Jonson, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope. (Continues on 84p043.) Keywords: New American poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, 17th and 18th century literature
One in a series of programs produced by Clark Coolidge that feature the works of late 20th century poets, sound poets, and authors. This program begins with a fairly low quality recording, made in Kyoto Japan on June 9, 1967, of Philip Whalen reading some of his poems, mixed with another recording of Whalen chanting sutras and playing on wooden blocks and other basic percussion instruments. This is followed by Bill Berkson reading a selection of poems from his books “Saturday Night” and...
Topics: KPFA-FM, Words series, Spoken Word, Poetry
Reed Bye, Hamlet, August 1980. Philip Whalen, Pericles, August 1980. On the first half of the recording, Reed Bye continues his class on Shakespeare's "Hamlet," focusing on Hamlet's conversations with Ophelia and Gertrude. In the second half, Philip Whalen presents a class on Shakespeare's "Pericles," concentrating on anachronisms in the play, its staging, and the educational background of the playwrights and audiences of Shakespeare's period. (Continued from 80P163). This...
Reed Bye, Hamlet, August 1980. Philip Whalen, Pericles, August 1980. On the first half of the recording, Reed Bye continues his class on Shakespeare's "Hamlet," focusing on Hamlet's conversations with Ophelia and Gertrude. In the second half, Philip Whalen presents a class on Shakespeare's "Pericles," concentrating on anachronisms in the play, its staging, and the educational background of the playwrights and audiences of Shakespeare's period. (Continued from 80P163). This...
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A reading and musical performance by Allen Ginsberg, Peter Rowan, Michael Brownstein, Philip Whalen, Peter Orlovsky, and Anne Waldman. The reading serves as a fundraiser for Naropa.
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Final portion of a Philip Whalen lecture. This portion of the lecture is just a series of questions and answers primarily dealing with vocabulary: its importance and ways to improve. Series 87P047 and 87P048
First half of an Anselm Hollo lecture on Greek poetry and its influences on modern poets. Hollo discusses Sappho, greek lyrics, and translation. He also talks about modern poets influenced by the Greeks, including Philip Whalen and Ted Berrigan. (Continues on 86P034)
The late abbot Zenshin Philip Whalen had a favorite mantra, which some of you will know, which was: "When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." This is somewhat ironic. This is not Shakyamuni's advice. But it is a temptation.
Topics: buddhism, lecture, zen, Hartford Street Zen Center, Reverend Myo Lahey, soto
Allen Ginsberg discusses politics, attitude, anxiety, aggression, and nonviolent action. Ginsberg discusses Rainer Maria Rilke with Philip Whalen, reads an improvised poem, asks a student to do the same, then discusses the process. The tape ends with some talk about Naropa's money problems.
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Topics: New American Poetry, New York School, West Coast poetry, spiritualism and literature, beat...
Second half of Class 7 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen." (Continued from 80p103.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 7 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen." (Continues on 80p104.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Class 4 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens' poem "Sunday Morning," other Stevens poems, and the work of other authors including Dante Gabriel Rosetti, John Milton, Shakespeare, and Hart Crane.
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 7 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen." (Continues on 80p104.) Keywords: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, American modernist poetry, symbolism
Second half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Broken Tower" and Lew Welch's "The Song Mount Tamalpais Sings", as well as Welch's prose and other topics. (Continued from 80p112.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 9 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's life during the period in which "The Bridge" was composed, with an emphasis on the literary climate of the time. (Continues on 80p108.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's poem "The Broken Tower" and Lew Welch's "The Song Mount Tamalpais Sings", as well as Welch's prose and other topics. (Continues on 80p113.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 9 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's life during the period in which "The Bridge" was composed, with an emphasis on the literary climate of the time. (Continued from 80p107.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 8 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Academic Discourse at Havana." Specific attention is given to French poets--Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, Andre Gide, and others--who influenced Stevens. (Continued from 80p105.)
Topics: New American Poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 2 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens' short poems and the merits and shortcomings of literary biographies, focusing on Hart Crane, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, and Jack Kerouac. (Continued from 80p094.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 5 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Lew Welch's poem "Wobbly Rock" with specific reference to letters to and from Welch and a lecture by Welch in "How I Work as a Poet." (Continued from 80p098.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 1 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen continues his exploration of Wallace Stevens' life and work, focusing on Stevens' interaction with nature, and the unique qualities of nature. (Continued from 80p094.) Class 2 begins. (see 80p095.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen focuses on the similarities between the three poets discussed in the course: Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, and Lew Welch and also discusses a variety of other topics. (Continued from 80p114.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 8 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Wallace Stevens's poem "Academic Discourse at Havana." Specific attention is given to French poets--Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, Andre Gide, and others--who influenced Stevens. (Continues on 80p106.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 12 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen focuses on the similarities between the three poets discussed in the course: Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, and Lew Welch and also discusses a variety of other topics. (Continues on 80p115.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
Second half of Class 11 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen focuses on two later poems from Wallace Stevens, "To an Old Philosopher in Rome" and "The Rock", with digressions on Santayana and other Stevens poems. (Contineued from 80p110.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
First half of Class 5 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Lew Welch's poem "Wobbly Rock" with specific reference to letters to and from Welch and a lecture by Welch in "How I Work as a Poet." (Continues on 80p099.)
Topics: New American Poetry, West Coast poetry, Buddhism, symbolism, American Modernist poetry
